This is a Round 6 game between 17-year supertalent Wei Yi of China, and the Netherlands #1 Anish Giri from the 2016 Bilbao Masters Final. It’s a Berlin Ruy Lopez with Wei Yi throwing a bit of a curve ball on move 4. Instead of his usual d3 reply to the Berlin, he castles which invites Giri to enter the open variation of the Berlin. Giri accepts, Wei, Yi chooses a Bf4, Rd1 and Ng5 system, and by move 22 the position is simplified to each side having only 1 piece. Would it be Wei’s knight, or Giri’s bishop that would prevail in the endgame?
PGN:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 h5 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bf4 Be6 12. Rad1+ Kc8 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 b6 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Nh4 17. Bxh4 Rxh4 18. f3 Kb7 19. Kg2 Rah8 20. Rh1 Rxh1 21. Rxh1 Rxh1 22. Kxh1 c5 23. Kg2 Kc6 24. a4 a6 25. Kg3 b5 26. axb5+ axb5 27. f4 b4 28. Ne4 Ba2 29. Nd2 Kd5 30. c3 bxc3 31. bxc3 g5 32. Kf3 Ke6 33. c4 gxf4 34. Kxf4 f6 35. exf6 Kxf6 36. g5+ Kg6 37. Kg4 Kg7 38. Kh5 Kh7 39. g6+ Kg7 40. Kg5 c6 41. Kh5 Kg8 42. Kh6
PGN for Gata Kamsky vs Markus Ragger:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ne4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bc6 dc6 7. de5 Nf5 8. Qd8 Kd8 9. Rd1 Ke8 10. h3 Be7 11. Nc3 h5 12. g3 Be6 13. Bg5 Rg8 14. Kh2 f6 15. ef6 gf6 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Ne2 Nd6 18. Ned4 Bd7 19. Nh4 Rd8 20. Rd3 Kf7 21. Rad1 Rge8 22. b3 c5 23. Ne2 Bc8 24. c4 Ne4 25. Be3 Rd3 26. Rd3 Bd6 27. Kg2 b6 28. f3 Ng5 29. g4 Bb7 30. Ng3 hg4 31. hg4 Bc6 32. Ngf5 Bf8 33. Kg3 Ne6 34. Bh6 Be7 35. Ne7 Re7 36. Nf5 Rd7 37. Rd7 Bd7 38. Bf4 a5 39. Ne3 a4 40. Nd5 ab3 41. ab3 Bc6 42. Be3 Bb7 43. Kf2 b5 44. Ke2 bc4 45. bc4 Bc6 46. f4 f5 47. gf5 Bd5 48. cd5 Ng7 49. Bc5 Nf5 50. Kd3 Kf6 51. Bb4 Kf7 52. Ba5 Ne7 53. Kc4 Ke8 54. Bc7 Kd7 55. Bb6 Ng6 56. Be3 Ne7 57. Kc5 Nf5 58. Bc1 Kc7 59. Kc4 Kd7 60. Bd2 Kc7 61. Ba5 Kd7 62. Bb6 Ng3 63. Kd4 Nf5 64. Ke5 Nh6 65. Bc5 Ng4 66. Kf5 Nh2 67. Kg6 Nf3 68. f5 Ne5 69. Kg7 Nd3 70. f6
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